He prefers to use mercenary companies for the bulk of his army.[2]Jasnah considered him to be a dullard.[3]

He coveted the throne and tried at some point to get king Elhokar to sign a contract that would give him a favored claim in a succession.[4] He is married, and when Dalinar wanted to ally with a highprince for a joint plateau assault during the War of Reckoning, Bethab turned him down by letting his wife Mishinah give the refusal.[5] His army subsequently joins Dalinar's on a successful plateau run.[6]